David Barreda

Editor / Based in Oakland, CA

David M. Barreda is a visual editor, multimedia producer, curator, and journalist based in Oakland, California. Previously, David was a senior editor at National Geographic, a photo editor at Earthjustice, a founding editor at Topic,... read on
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Available in: Oakland, CA
Focused on: Photographer, Photojournalist, Journalist, Environment, Science, History, Documentary, Multimedia, Photo Editor, Photography, Portraiture, Director of Photography, Visuals Editor, International News, Investigation, International, Multimedia Journalist, Senior Photo Editor, Publishing, Photo Shoots, Visual Editor, Print Journalism, Science Desk, Picture Desk, International Photo Editor, Photo Editor Producer, History and Culture Desk, North America Pictures Desk, Photography Manger, International Stories, Wildlife, Wildspaces, National Park stories, Still Photographer, Visuals Producer, Digital Media Production, Photo Director, Portrait Photography, Reportage, Visual Journalist, Media Buyer, Visual Storytelling
Years of experience: More than 10
HEFAT certification? no
David M. Barreda is a visual editor, multimedia producer, curator, and journalist based in Oakland, California.
Previously, David was a senior editor at National Geographic, a photo editor at Earthjustice, a founding editor at Topic, and a founding editor for ChinaFile where he launched the Abigail Cohen Fellowship in Documentary Photography in collaboration with the Magnum Foundation.
He has more than 20 years of visual journalism experience and prior to editing, he worked as a staff photojournalist at the San Jose Mercury News, the Rocky Mountain News, the Valley News, the Tallahassee Democrat, and the Herald of Randolph. He is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism, where he received his Master’s degree, and of Middlebury College, where he majored in Geography and Environmental Studies.
Born in southern Peru and raised on a sheep farm in Vermont, David lives with his partner, their 10-year-old daughter, and Dandelion, a poodle-terrier, Covid-adoptee, rescue dog.